Bright Spots

[Icege]

With a crushing start to the Panthers NFL season, there is plenty to be concerned about. Cam Newton's health, Ron Rivera's tenure, Norv Turner's playcalling, and more. Yes, things are not right in the Queen City. However, there are some flashes here and there to hope to see burn brighter in the future.

Without a doubt, we have the best LB duo in the NFL still despite losing TD. Shaq Thompson has silenced many critics concerned about him stepping in, being all over the field and a vital piece of the defense alongside Luke Kuechly (who continues to be the BEST MLB in the league). James Bradberry, the only positive from the travesty that was the 2016 offseason, has continued to get better and better which has only helped all of the JNo stans get over their loss. Brian Burns looks every bit the mold of the "Hurney is money in the 1st." Kawann Short has been commanding constant double teams and has been held non-stop through the first two weeks while still logging pressures.

Chase Blackburn has the special teams unit looking better than it has in a very long time. Joey Slye has been money (and our leading scorer). Jermaine Carter is making plays on both ST and defense.

On offense, despite being asked to outrun Hargreaves to the outside when he didn't bite on the Samuel reverse, Christian McCaffrey has been the primary reason our offense has had any progress. Alex Armah makes me happy that we still carry a FB in today's NFL. 

Who else stands out to you as one of the few bright spots on the team thus far?

[OriginalPantherDan]

The guys and gals serving the beer are the brightest spots I see. 

[Castavar]

We're going to have a top 5 pick, we MIGHT get a new coaching staff next year, Panthers give me something else to do on Sundays.

[MasterAwesome]

Surprised there hasn’t been as much Joey Slye love. I was reluctant to hand him the starting job after one preseason game like a lot of people here, but by the end of preseason I had seen enough to confidently draft him as my kicker in Fantasy Football and he has NOT let me down.

[bigpoppa]

At least until Sunday, we have the inside track on the #1 pick. 

[Tbe]

6 minutes ago, bigpoppa said:

At least until Sunday, we have the inside track on the #1 pick. 

Miami is going to fight us for it.

[bigpoppa]

5 minutes ago, Tbe said:

Miami is going to fight us for it.

True, kinda like Tampa did last night. But we showed them!

[WarPanthers89]

58 minutes ago, Castavar said:

We're going to have a top 5 pick, we MIGHT get a new coaching staff next year, Panthers give me something else to do on Sundays.

You don’t know the Panthers very well. We will dominate a few super bowl caliber teams and win just enough games to keep us at the 10-15 pick range. 

[Happy Panther]

Nice to see Olsen being productive.

[MountaineerChemist10]

1 hour ago, MasterAwesome said:

Surprised there hasn’t been as much Joey Slye love. I was reluctant to hand him the starting job after one preseason game like a lot of people here, but by the end of preseason I had seen enough to confidently draft him as my kicker in Fantasy Football and he has NOT let me down.

You and me both bro. He impressed me in preseason so I gambled & drafted him in my FF league. Nothing but double digits so far 

In other news, our PR Ray-Ray McCloud is beginning to amaze me. 6 returns with a 11.5 yd average (39 yards longest) is pretty damn good. He's 1st in yards returned & 4th in avg yards in the league.

[mc52beast]

Olsen had a huge game, probably doesn’t have many more in him and will be in a broadcast booth next year.

We have good young receivers who will get better with time and proper coaching.

Chase Blackburn/ Swole kicker Slye

Our ST is actually a bright spot after years of being horrible. CB has done a awesome job and Slye is making us forget about Gano. I actually said he would be the game MVP with 4 kicks of 50 yards or more